All student-athletes who have signed a letter-of-intent and grant-in-aid SHOULD receive a written release from their current college/university before they can contact other programs. There may be some rare occasions when a coach does not want to sign the release, but that was clearly not the case withe SP. Looks like the release was provided first thing Monday morning!

Soonerfan3205 has had inside information about this situation. I don't know if the players would have welcomed her back. Similar to Dungee situation. Mulkey was a bit different. Emotional needs.

Hmmm... I don't have any insider info at all, but Shaina did post on Instagram to announce her transfer and both Tatum and former player Lanesia Williams commented that they love her and Shaina responded that she loves them as well. Who knows!

So how does a player get hooked up with another school to transfer to? Do they have to make the call to the coach and ask of he/she is interested? I've always wondered how that worked. I wonder if Pellington already had a school in mind or if she is scrambling right now to find a new place to play..

Seems like a very reasonable expectation of any coach and should be a general standard on most any team other than fun leagues for kids non-competitive games. But SURELY at the collegiate level and high school level in preparation for college play.

Coale was asked if Pellington had been consistently poor in practice over the season’s final month.

“For all players, the reason that they get to get into games and play is because they earn it in practice,” Coale said. “When you do get an opportunity to get in a game and play, then what you do while you are there determines how much time you get in the future, if practice continues to be very good. That’s the case for everybody.

“When you go in, do you do more good things than bad things? Do you make more positive things happen for your team than negative things? Do you make the people around you better? Those are questions that we always ask of everyone, whether they are a starter or coming off the bench. That remains true across the board.”

I thought the conference rule was that without the present schools permission, a student could not receive a scholarship at another big 12 school for one year, but could enroll in any school she wants. Is this not correct?

All student-athletes who have signed a letter-of-intent and grant-in-aid must receive a written release from their current college/university before they can contact other programs. There may be some rare occasions when a coach does not want to sign the release, but that was clearly not the case withe SP. Looks like the release was provided first thing Monday morning!

I think the NCAA rules you reference are out of date. The attached NCAA link dated June 13, 2018 and posted by Michelle Brutag Hosick, Director of Public and Media Relations, NCAA clearly states:

Beginning in October, Division I student-athletes will have the ability to transfer to a different school and receive a scholarship without asking their current school for permission.

The Division I Council adopted a proposal this week that creates a new “notification-of-transfer” model. This new system allows a student to inform his or her current school of a desire to transfer, then requires that school to enter the student’s name into a national transfer database within two business days. Once the student-athlete’s name is in the database, other coaches are free to contact that individual.

Additionally, the proposal adds tampering with a current student-athlete at another school to the list of potential Level 2 violations, considered a significant breach of conduct.

So how does a player get hooked up with another school to transfer to? Do they have to make the call to the coach and ask of he/she is interested? I've always wondered how that worked. I wonder if Pellington already had a school in mind or if she is scrambling right now to find a new place to play..

1. She can contact other programs where she has interest.
2. More than likely has done her homework to see where her position is needed and a scholarship available.
3. Other coaches might contact her high school or club coach if they have an interest.
4. Most coaches are willing to give a second chance when the student-athlete has had some issues.

Well, I hope she does well, wherever she ends up. What are the odds she will end up at another Big 12 school? I would think she'd want to move north to a school closer to home. I could see her do very well at a mid-major school somewhere. Not sure I can see her at a powerhouse school on account of her poor shooting. Only time will tell.

I think the NCAA rules you reference are out of date. The attached NCAA link dated June 13, 2018 and posted by Michelle Brutag Hosick, Director of Public and Media Relations, NCAA clearly states:

Beginning in October, Division I student-athletes will have the ability to transfer to a different school and receive a scholarship without asking their current school for permission.

The Division I Council adopted a proposal this week that creates a new “notification-of-transfer” model. This new system allows a student to inform his or her current school of a desire to transfer, then requires that school to enter the student’s name into a national transfer database within two business days. Once the student-athlete’s name is in the database, other coaches are free to contact that individual.

Additionally, the proposal adds tampering with a current student-athlete at another school to the list of potential Level 2 violations, considered a significant breach of conduct.

The article you referenced may have been just poorly written by Eric Bailey and if so he should know better as he implied something that may not have occurred as the article linked below in The Oklahoman written by Ryan Aber suggest a different perspective. It merely says Sherri Coale announced that Shaina Pellington has decided to transfer.

Fyi, I asked Eric about this and he said that this was from the exact wording of OU's release. here's an excerpt from the OU release:

Actually Pellington had the best assist per minutes played (.120) of any player who played 500 minutes or more. Tatum was second (.110). So much for the argument that she didn't play wll with others.

Pellington's problem was more that she forced shots when she should have either stopped for a short jumper or dumped off or even not attempt the penetration. Her turnover rate per minute played (.133) was also the highest among those players with Tatum second at .117. Many of Pellingtons turnovers we from forcing her penetrations.

The best assist per minutes player was Penzo (.151) but with also the highest turnover rate (.151). Robertson had by far the best turnover rate per minutes played (

It appeared to me that once Pellington was relegated to the bench she played with desperation with more turnovers, less points. Clearly by the end of the season her only alternative was to transfer if she wanted to continue to play.

I agree to some aspects of this. I feel like when she knew she was in the dog house or steadily approaching it, she forced a lot of her offense. There were so many times that she would drive into the middle of the trees and throw up a random shot that had no chance of going in. A lot of our girls seem to do this though. Our offense could have been much better had we taken care and valued each possession. As a point guard I feel like you should look to distribute a lot more than what she did. Same could be said about Tatum and Murcer, although murcer at least has a good offensive game. Penso could have been a lot better than what she turned out to be with her passing ability, but sadly she didn't have the teammates with hands to turn some of those amazing passes into offense.

At this time what's left on our roster I think we have three division one caliber players: Ana, Madi and only because of her shooting ability, Robertson. Lampkin/Murcer have potential but we will see if they ever develop it. The rest of the players haven't shown me enough 2 warrant this analysis. I'm hoping that changes come next season.

Interestingly Shaina's last game as a Sooner was against Iowa State before sitting out the final 5 games. She scored 14 points on 7/13 shooting, had 4 boards, 0 assists and 0 TO's. Not exactly the level of play that normally relegates you to the bench.

__________________Whether you think you can or think that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford.

There were several factors that put Shaina on the bench. One that Sherri actually did address on her show at Rudi's is that Shaina just doesn't want to learn defense. They get to the rim to easily with Shaina on the floor, a part of which is her refusal to learn the defensive rotation. No glory on defense.